That EW piece I once covered in my youth? Apparently it’s causing quite a stir in the form of this glaring reveal on EW’s website. Now for my counterpoint:
Who cares?
Seriously. Whether typo or actual reveal (or, ironically, both), someone’s probably going to get fired over it. Then again, considering Entertainment Weekly isn’t exactly a beacon of stalwart journalism these days, it could just as easily be a calculated move on the effort of Paramount and Abrams.
JJ Abrams isn’t in the business of making mysteries. Which makes his predisposition to secrecy comical at this point. Super 8 was shrouded in mystery leading up to release and it couldn’t have turned out to be more pedantic when it finally came to release. If Abrams is pulling a Batman Begins-esque bait and switch with Khan, where John Harrison (Cumberbatch) reveals himself as Khan in disguise, no one will be surprised. And if that reveal never comes to fruition? Well, I doubt too many will care. At the end of the day the movie is the movie is the movie.
This story’s likely to blow up today. But, true or false, it still reeks of bullshit.
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Shame. Gary Mitchell would have been a welcome alternative, but obviously Abrams & Co. decided to play it safe.
“Pedantic” does not mean what you think it means.
Really? Because to me it played exactly like someone who’d seen too many Spielberg movies. Way to be Unnecessary Douche though.
Thanks! Also, I was wrong! Burn on me!
I can dig it.
John Harris revealing himself as Khan would be as pointless as, I dunno, Javier Bardem’s character in Skyfall revealing himself to be Blofeld. Bygone era, nobody gives a rat’s ass. Abrams is a smart cookie, he knows that only the seven spotty nerds that will turn up for each screening will know who and what Khan is. I doubt he’d seriously try to make Khan a selling point.
The bigger shame is Gary Marshall would have been a welcome alternative to direct this movie. The Star Trek franchise is in serious need of holiday romance.
If this is anything like the first Abrams Trek, then everything I see before the movie will make me hate it before I even see it. Then I’ll see the movie, and I’ll still hate it.
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